National Anthem

Situation
Situation puzzles (sometimes called lateral thinking puzzles) are ones where you need to ask lots of yes or no questions to figure out what happened in the situation. These are good puzzles for groups where one person knows the puzzle and answers the questions.

Steve was at the Oakland Coliseum waiting for the start of a baseball game between the Oakland A's and the New York Yankees. He bet a Yankee fan twenty dollars that the Yankee fan couldn't sing half of the Star Spangled Banner. The Yankee fan paid Steve $20. How come?

Answer

The Star Spangled Banner has four verses. Few people know more than the first verse. Steve showed the Yankee fan a copy of the Star Spangled Banner, and the Yankee fan paid up. (He really did!)